It’s been 75 years since the Western Flyer made Monterey her home port. But that will change Nov. 4 when the immaculately restored vessel sails into the harbor to become a floating scientific ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A reader sent me a picture of this custom Western Flyer and I immediately fell in love. I mean, how could you not: It looks like a streamliner ...
The Western Flyer, a fishing vessel made famous by John Steinbeck's book "The Sea of Cortez," is returning to the Gulf of California after 85 years. The renovated vessel will retrace Steinbeck's ...
ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER JOYCE KIM GOT A TOUR OF THE BOAT AND HAS MORE ON ITS NEXT JOURNEY. THIS IS THE WESTERN FLYER. IT SET SAIL FOR THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA 85 YEARS AGO... FROM OLD FISHERMAN'S WHARF.
WEEKEND. ACTION NEWS 8' CHRISTIAN BALDERAS HAS MORE. #### THIS IS THE WESTERN FLYER'S NEW CHANCE AT LIFE... <THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE COMEBACK STORY.> THE 1930'S VESSEL WAS A FISHING ...
The first phase of restoring the Western Flyer fishing boat is nearing completion in Port Townsend, Washington, and its return to Monterey is tentatively set for next fall. The 76-foot purse seiner ...
MONTEREY — It’s been 83 years since the famous duo of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took an expedition from Monterey to the Gulf of California that resulted in the book “The Log from the Sea of ...
The first phase of restoring the Western Flyer fishing boat is nearing completion in Port Townsend, Washington, and its return to Monterey is tentatively set for next fall. The 76-foot purse seiner ...
MONTEREY — Eighty-five years ago, to the week, the Western Flyer set sail for the Gulf of California. Amongst the crew were renowned author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts, taking on ...
The Western Flyer awaits its return to the Gulf of California, 85 years after Ed Ricketts, along with John Steinbeck, Steinbeck's wife Carol and a crew consisting of Captain Tony Berry, Tex Travis, ...
A fishing vessel that was built during the Monterey Bay's sardine boom and made famous by a Nobel Prize-winning author will return to the site of its former glory after 85 years. The Western Flyer, a ...